Johnson County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.88, -94.82.
Assembled 2026-10-20. Read the brief.
- 91st pct · 267th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 100th pct · 1st of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
- 100th pct · 1st of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $277,202
- 71st pct · 878th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 55th pct · 47th of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.1%
- 69th pct · 5th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median +4.2%
- 69th pct · 409th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 94th pct · 2nd of 19 Kansas counties · median $1,215
- 85th pct · 2nd of 8 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $1,574
- 97th pct · 75th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 100th pct · 1st of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 100th pct · 1st of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 15,305
- 95th pct · 145th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 100th pct · 1st of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 100th pct · 1st of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $1,052
- 70th pct · 891st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 94th pct · 7th of 105 Kansas counties · median 3.0
- 46th pct · 8th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 5.5
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $458,265 (Sep 2026), +4.7% over one year, +28.4% over five
- 91st pct · 267th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 100th pct · 1st of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
- 100th pct · 1st of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $277,202
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson County, KS | $458,265 · +4.7% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Typical rent $1,760/mo (Sep 2026), +2.7% over one year; price-to-rent 21.7
- 69th pct · 409th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 94th pct · 2nd of 19 Kansas counties · median $1,215
- 85th pct · 2nd of 8 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $1,574
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson County, KS | $1,760/mo · +2.7% 1-yr |
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $2,538 a month on $458,265 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,137 a month: 35.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $458,265 × 80% = $366,612, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,538/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,647 × 52 / 12 = $7,137) = 36% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $458,265 / ($1,647 × 52) = 5.4
- price-to-rent = $458,265 / ($1,760 × 12) = 21.7
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
370,646 jobs at 30,122 employers (2026 Q1); +0.8% jobs and +2.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 97th pct · 75th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 100th pct · 1st of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 100th pct · 1st of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 15,305
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson County, KS | 370,646 jobs · $1,647/wk · +0.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 55,900 | $1,315 | 1.00 | +5.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 37,872 | $2,468 | 1.48 | -1.0% |
| Retail trade | 36,117 | $803 | 1.00 | -1.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 28,636 | $532 | 0.86 | +0.1% |
| Manufacturing | 26,159 | $1,959 | 0.88 | +5.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 25,799 | $1,259 | 1.22 | -2.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 23,588 | $3,395 | 1.56 | +0.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 20,465 | $1,216 | 1.31 | -0.7% |
| Wholesale trade | 19,887 | $2,410 | 1.40 | -0.6% |
| Management of companies | 10,868 | $3,780 | 1.75 | +4.9% |
| Other services | 10,817 | $1,052 | 0.98 | +3.2% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 5,907 | $544 | 0.97 | +6.5% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$26.6 bn in deposits at 229 offices of 60 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 541, unconcentrated. $4.1 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $3.4 bn, contracts $499.5 m), $11,039 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capitol Federal Savings Bank | $2.8 bn · 10.4% share · 14 offices | |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $2.7 bn · 10.2% share · 12 offices | |
| Bank of America, National Association | $2.2 bn · 8.3% share · 11 offices | |
| Johnson, KS | $4.1 bn FY2026 · $11,039/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $3.3 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Federal Savings Bank | $2,767,534,000 | 10.4% | 14 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $2,714,560,000 | 10.2% | 12 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $2,203,962,000 | 8.3% | 11 |
| Commerce Bank | $1,999,485,000 | 7.5% | 12 |
| First National Bank of Omaha | $1,706,285,000 | 6.4% | 17 |
| UMB Bank, National Association | $1,683,283,000 | 6.3% | 14 |
| BOKF, National Association | $1,425,710,000 | 5.4% | 2 |
| Enterprise Bank & Trust | $1,139,327,000 | 4.3% | 7 |
| Security Bank of Kansas City | $1,090,469,000 | 4.1% | 13 |
| Bank of Labor | $953,443,000 | 3.6% | 4 |
Deposit concentration is 541 across 58 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls unconcentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 58 banks with deposits in the county = 10.4² + 10.2² + 8.3² + … (55 more) = 541
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $3,014,791,875 |
| Department of Transportation | $621,941,272 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $255,332,306 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $53,469,050 |
| Department of Defense | $39,379,370 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $25,303,875 |
| Department of Education | $22,871,034 |
| Department of Agriculture | $18,402,080 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $11,201,355 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $7,896,151 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $5,770,078 |
| Department of Justice | $5,016,671 |
That is $11,039 per covered job, against 370,646 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $4.1 bn / 370,646 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $11,039
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
Public companies #
11 public companies file with the SEC from a business address here (SEABOARD CORP /DE/, AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC., EURONET WORLDWIDE, INC., and 8 more). The snapshot was pulled 2026-10-20; 10 of 11 carry financial facts. The county's jobs mix maps to 7 GICS sectors, led by Financials.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SEABOARD CORP /DE/ | SEB · NYSE · Consumer Discretionary · SHAWNEE MISSION, KS 66202 | |
| AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | AMC · NYSE · Communication Services · LEAWOOD, KS 66211 | |
| EURONET WORLDWIDE, INC. | EEFT · Nasdaq · Financials · LEAWOOD, KS 66211 | |
| SelectQuote, Inc. | SLQT · NYSE · Financials · OVERLAND PARK, KS 66211 | |
| COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC | CMP · NYSE · Materials · OVERLAND PARK, KS 66210 | |
| Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. | PSBD · NYSE · Unclassified · MISSION WOODS, KS 66205 | |
| FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/ | BUSE · Nasdaq · Financials · LEAWOOD, KS 66211 | |
| BUTLER NATIONAL CORP | BUKS · OTC · Consumer Discretionary · NEW CENTURY, KS 66031 | |
| Cingulate Inc. | CING · Nasdaq · Health Care · KANSAS CITY, KS 66205 | |
| KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | KUST · Nasdaq · Information Technology · OLATHE, KS 66061 |
Snapshot pulled 2026-10-20: 11 filers, 10 with financial facts.
Public filers whose registered business address with the SEC falls in this county, from a committed snapshot of EDGAR's company_tickers_exchange file. A position is the centroid of the address's ZIP code (Census ZCTA) or, where the snapshot says so, of its city: it is not a building. Legal entities only - no officer, insider or shareholder data is read, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 are excluded everywhere. Sector exposure is the county's BLS QCEW jobs mix bridged to GICS sectors by a convention documented in lib/companies/sectors.ts; a jobs mix is not a portfolio.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Johnson County, KS: 17 findings, 17 noted
noteJohnson County, KS' average weekly wage was 2.8% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +2.8 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteJohnson County, KS' covered employment was 0.8% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +0.8 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteJohnson County, KS' typical home value rose 0.5% from $456,150 in August 2026 to $458,265 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (458264.58058976894 - 456149.67730952776) / 456149.67730952776 × 100
- 458264.58058976894 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 456149.67730952776 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteJohnson County, KS' typical home value of $458,265 ranks 1st of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro, against a median of $277,202.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 14 counties in the Kansas City metro that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteJohnson County, KS' typical home value of $458,265 ranks 1st of 105 Kansas counties, against a median of $148,146.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 105 Kansas counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.